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Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Sir Hugh Laddie Annual Lecture - Internationalising the Law

1709ers, recognising that the global nature of the internet means global licensing and global standards, might like to sign up for University College London's Faculty of Law 2012 Sir Hugh Laddie Annual Lecture scheduled by for Wednesday 27th June at 6pm. This year's subject is "The growing imperative to internationalise the law" delivered by Chief Judge Randall R. Rader, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The event will be chaired by The Rt Hon Professor Sir Robin Jacob.

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